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Governor Watson C. Squire general order to disorderly persons in Seattle to cease actions which disturb the peace during the anti-Chinese agitation, February 11, 1886

All disorderly persons, or persons wandering about and having no visible calling or business to maintain themselves, and generally all vagrants are required to leave the City of Seattle forthwith. All such persons found in this city after this date will be arrested and summarily dealt with. All persons uttering treasonable or seditious language, and who are guilty of publicly using words or actions tending to disturb the peace, or in contempt of the constituted authorities will be promptly arrested.

The Provost Marshal and other officers and persons authorized to make arrests are specially charged with the prompt execution of this order

Watson Carvosso Squire, 1838-1926, was an attorney, Civil War veteran, industrialist, and governor of Washington Territory from 1884-1887. In 1885, anti-Chinese riots began occurring in Tacoma and Seattle. This trouble peaked on February 8, 1886, when Squire declared martial law. Following his tenure as Governor, Squire served in the US Senate.

All disorderly persons, or persons wandering about and having no visible calling or business to maintain themselves, and generally all vagrants are required to leave the City of Seattle forthwith. All such persons found in this city after this date will be arrested and summarily dealt with. All persons uttering treasonable or seditious language, and who are guilty of publicly using words or actions tending to disturb the peace, or in contempt of the constituted authorities will be promptly arrested.

The Provost Marshal and other officers and persons authorized to make arrests are specially charged with the prompt execution of this order